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FROM: Anne Marie Gold, County Librarian
DATE: May 11, 1994
SUBJECT: LSCA GRANT APPLICATION FOR HOMEWORK HELP CENTER IN BAY POINT
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the County Librarian to apply for and accept approximately $85,000 in Federal Library Services
and Construction Act Funds to expand and enhance the Homework Help Center at Bay Point, established
in April, 1994, with Keller Canyon Landfill Host Mitigation Funds. The funds will allow the program to expand
to five days per week, expand service to children by offering a Grandparents and Books volunteer program,
expand service to high school students by providing computers to. facilitate learning and to provide word
processing capabilities for students doing homework and writing term papers. The funds will further allow
Project Second Chance, the Library's literacy project, to expand its services by offering the site for literacy
tutoring and Families for Literacy programs. Summer programming and the Summer Reading Program will
be offered to encourage children to read during summer vacation and to provide recreational activities in the
community.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
No matching funds are required. The project is a joint project of the Contra Costa County Library and the
Mount Diablo Unified School District. The Library's contribution will include staff time for training project staff,
order and process library materials and staff support in the recruitment and training of volunteers. The Mount
Diablo School District will provide free space, utilities and some staff time.
BACKGROUND:
The California State Library provides funding through the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) for
library projects to serve areas and populations with inadequate services. The Contra Costa County Library
project proposal has been deemed competitive for LSCA funds for the 1994/95 fiscal year and has the
potential to develop a prototype of a successful homework library center which could be replicated in other
communities and throughout the state.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
_RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR—RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON M H4 A, APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER_
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Contact: Rosemarie Kennedy,646-6423 PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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